Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer was the regiment's first permanent commander and, like such generals as George S. Patton and Terry De La Mesa Allen in their rise to military prominence, Custer was a believer in blood and guts warfare.

His new expertise in tank warfare was strengthened by a close collaboration with George S. Patton, Sereno E. Brett, and other senior tank leaders ; their leading-edge ideas of speed-oriented offensive tank warfare were strongly discouraged by superiors who considered the new approach too radical and preferred the tank continue to be used in a strictly supportive role for the infantry.

Franklin James Schaffner ( May 30, 1920July 2, 1989 ) was an American film director best known for such films as Planet of the Apes ( 1968 ), Patton ( 1970 ), Papillon ( 1973 ), and The Boys from Brazil ( 1978 ).

His next film, Patton was a major success for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director.

Running back Ricky Patton was the top rusher on the team with 543 yards and 4 touchdowns, while also catching 27 passes for 195 yards.

Part of the " Fortitude " plan was intended to convince the Germans that a fictitious formation, First U. S. Army Group comprising 11 divisions ( 150, 000 men ) commanded by General George Patton, was stationed in the south and east of Britain.

In late 1968, General Abrams met with Colonel George S. Patton IV-the son of World War II General Patton-who was the regimental commander of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ( 11th ACR Blackhorse ), the only full regiment of cavalry in Vietnam.

This was largely due to the high casualty rate of both Sheridans and their crews as mines and rocket-propelled grenades ( RPGs ) that would only damage an M48 Patton tank, would destroy the Sheridan and kill or wound most, if not all, of its crew.

Although an average M48 Patton crew could fire as many as seventeen 90mm shells during a " mad minute " ( sixty seconds with all guns firing-on command ), the Sheridan was known to put out only two 152mm shells during the same time frame.

Pat Patton, heretofore Tracy's rather buffoonish partner, was promoted to police chief in Brandon's place.

Gould later explained this seemingly improbable turn of events by stating that, within the strip's reality, Tracy was offered the job first but had declined, personally recommending Patton instead.

George Smith Patton, Jr. ( November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945 ) was an officer in the United States Army best known for his leadership as a general during World War II.

He was on the U. S. 1912 Olympic pentathlon team and also designed the U. S. Cavalry's last combat saber: the " Patton Saber " ( the M-1913 ).

George Smith Patton Jr. was born in San Gabriel, California in 1885, to George Smith Patton Sr. ( 1856 – 1927 ) and his wife Ruth Wilson ( 1861 – 1928 ), daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson.

Although he was actually the third George Smith Patton after his grandfather, he was called Junior.

John M. Patton, a great-grandfather, was a lawyer and politician who had served as acting governor of Virginia.

Colonel George S. Patton, his grandfather, was killed during the Battle of Opequon.

The Confederate Congress had promoted Colonel Patton to brigadier general ; however, at the time, he had already died of battle wounds, so that promotion was never official.

The second George Smith Patton ( born George William Patton in 1856, changing his name to honor his late father in 1868 ) was one of four children.

Seeking the greatest swordsman in Europe to study with, Patton was told the " beau sabreur " of the French Army would be the one.

Rather than create a derivative game on the Western Front, Crawford elected to focus the game's design on fog of war and the personalities of American general George Patton and the German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

The 10th Armored Division is also represented in the epic 1970 Academy Award-winning film Patton ( film ).

( 1970 ), Patton ( 1970 ), and Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ), which all show the trials and hardships of war, are still considered classic war films.

He co-wrote the script for Patton ( 1970 ), which won him an Academy Award for Best Writing ( Original Screenplay ).

Coppola co-wrote the script for Patton in 1970 along with Edmund H. North.

* Patton ( 1970 )-Screenwriter

Shortly after the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ), Eric Idle flippantly suggested that the title of the Pythons ' forthcoming feature would be Jesus Christ – Lust for Glory ( a play on the UK title for the 1970 American film Patton ).

Another film, Patton ( 1970 ), showed the actions of real life General George S. Patton, but intermixed action with commentary about how he waged war, in North Africa and the Sicilian campaign, showing good and bad sides to a command.

After the film Patton was released in 1970, Charles H. Kuhl recounted the incident, stating that Patton had slapped him across the face and then kicked him as he walked away.

Scott portrayed George S. Patton in the 1970 film Patton and researched extensively for the role, studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him.

* Patton ( 1970 )

By 1970 Patton Village reported that it had 667 people.

In 1970, Bradley served as a consultant for the film Patton, though the extent of his active participation is largely unknown.

Truscott was portrayed by actor John Doucette in the 1970 film Patton.

Several lines of dialogue, Bart slapping one of his soldiers for " being a disgrace ", and the music was lifted directly from the film Patton from 1970 composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

The book was referred to in the 1970 film Patton, when George C. Scott yells, " Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!

He starred in dozens of films from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, such as Fear Strikes Out ( 1957 ), Pollyanna ( 1960 ), Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ), Gypsy ( 1962 ), How the West Was Won ( 1962 ), The Cincinnati Kid ( 1965 ), and Patton ( 1970 ), playing General Omar Bradley.

* Patton ( 1970 )

Only rarely is a film released that makes a more positive impression on the general discourse and achieves a higher exchange value, e. g. Patton ( 1970 ) starring George C. Scott as the eponymous American general, was released at a time of considerable anti-war sentiment.

Brando won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, but turned down the Oscar, becoming the second actor to refuse a Best Actor award ( the first being George C. Scott for Patton ).

George C. Scott reprised the role 16 years after his Academy Award winning performance in a made-for-television titled The Last Days of Patton, which was first broadcast on September 14, 1986, on CBS.

At the time the sequel was aired, Scott mentioned in a TV Guide interview that he told the Academy to donate his Oscar to the Patton Museum but since the instructions were never put in writing, it was never delivered.

Among the films Mitchum passed on during the decade was John Huston's The Misfits, the last film of its stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, the Academy Award – winning Patton, and Dirty Harry.

His family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1818 where Patton attended Green Academy.

* 1951 General George S. Patton, Jr., United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and Hatch Shell, Boston

He and Malden later teamed for 1970's Patton, for which Scott won an Academy Award.

Some of his notable roles include playing Juror # 6 ( the painter ) in 12 Angry Men and Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith in the Academy Award-winning film Patton ( 1970 ).